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and Charles E. Murdock. Up to this time it had been known as the Academy building. Now it needed a new name. The school children were asked to submit names. Mr. Maeser suggested to a pupil that it be named in honor of Dr. John R. Park, so long the president of the University of Deseret. In Mrs. S. C. Maeser's diary we find: "We were quite pleased today (October 4, 1898) to learn that our suggestion had been received and the building will be called the Park School."
In 1909, the erection of a two-story, red brick structure consisting of nine classrooms, was commenced a few rods north of the Park school, on ground that had been purchased from John Muir, who took the Rock School in part payment. The district was bonded for $20,000 to erect this building, which was given the name of Belknap School. The Park building was now sold to the West Ward for a meeting house. The trustees during this period were Walter S. Tolton, Charles E. Murdock, and Ernest McGarry.
COUNTY SCHOOLS CONSOLIDATED
The State Legislature of 1914 passed a bill consolidating all the schools of the county into one district, with a Board of Education to manage all school affairs, thus doing away with the local trustees. The last set of trustees was Charles F. Harris, Henry Frazer, and George A. Parkinson. It is only fair that we mention others who have served as trustees. The first board to start off the Free School System was Henry Blackner, William Ashworth and Duckworth Grimshaw. The next group was Samuel Slaughter, William G. Bickley and Thomas Frazer. Others, besides those already named, who acted in this capacity from 1894 to 1914 are George T. Munford, N. P. Ipson, and John H. Barton.
Those elected in 1915 to be the first Board of Education, and who served one year, were C. F. Harris, E. R. Smyth, W, J. Burns, J. H. Rollins, and R. B. White, with

and Charles E. Murdock. Up to this time it had been known as the Academy building. Now it needed a new name. The school children were asked to submit names. Mr. Maeser suggested to a pupil that it be named in honor of Dr. John R. Park, so long the president of the University of Deseret. In Mrs. S. C. Maeser's diary we find: "We were quite pleased today (October 4, 1898) to learn that our suggestion had been received and the building will be called the Park School."
In 1909, the erection of a two-story, red brick structure consisting of nine classrooms, was commenced a few rods north of the Park school, on ground that had been purchased from John Muir, who took the Rock School in part payment. The district was bonded for $20,000 to erect this building, which was given the name of Belknap School. The Park building was now sold to the West Ward for a meeting house. The trustees during this period were Walter S. Tolton, Charles E. Murdock, and Ernest McGarry.
COUNTY SCHOOLS CONSOLIDATED
The State Legislature of 1914 passed a bill consolidating all the schools of the county into one district, with a Board of Education to manage all school affairs, thus doing away with the local trustees. The last set of trustees was Charles F. Harris, Henry Frazer, and George A. Parkinson. It is only fair that we mention others who have served as trustees. The first board to start off the Free School System was Henry Blackner, William Ashworth and Duckworth Grimshaw. The next group was Samuel Slaughter, William G. Bickley and Thomas Frazer. Others, besides those already named, who acted in this capacity from 1894 to 1914 are George T. Munford, N. P. Ipson, and John H. Barton.
Those elected in 1915 to be the first Board of Education, and who served one year, were C. F. Harris, E. R. Smyth, W, J. Burns, J. H. Rollins, and R. B. White, with